Krishna Rubber Industries

Our place is Shade No. 66 in the Shreenath Industrial Estate. We’re right near the Ring Road railway crossing, so we hear the trains passing by quite often throughout the day. The sound of the whistle becomes something you don’t even notice after a while. Being in an industrial estate means there is always a lot of activity around us—forklifts moving, neighbors unloading materials, and the general hum of industry. We work with rubber here, so that distinct smell of raw rubber is always present when you walk through the door. It’s a big open shed with plenty of room for the machinery we use. The floors are concrete and usually have some black dust on them from the production process. We have stacks of finished rubber goods piled up near the entrance ready for pickup. It gets quite warm in the shade during the summer months, but that’s just part of the job. We don’t have a fancy showroom; if you come to see us, you’re coming straight into the production area. We usually start our shift early to beat the worst of the heat and the traffic at the railway crossing. It’s just a group of us doing the daily work, making sure the machines are running and the rubber parts are coming out like they should. We keep things simple and just focus on the task right in front of us.